Washing-machine.



Gr. H. HUENBRGARDT.

WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 13120.18. 1912.

1 ,1099,048, Patented June 2, 1914.

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GEORGE H. HUENERGABDT, or coLLEGEvIEw, einatmena;v

WASHING-MACHINE.

T0 all whom t may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE H. HUENER- GARDT, asubject of the Czar of Russia, resid- Y.

ing at Collegeview, in the county of Lancaster and State of Nebraska,have invented a new and useful lashing-Machine, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to washing machines of that type utilizing tubsmounted for oscillation, one of the objects of the present inventionbeing to provide novel means whereby the tub can be held againstmovement while in either an upright or an inverted position, the lockingmeans heilig simple in construction and readily accessible for engagingand releasing the tub.

Another object is to improve generally upon the construction of devicesof this character.

With the foregoing and other objects in.

View which will appear as the description proceeds, the inventionresides in the combi nation and arrangement of parts and in the detailsof construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understoodthat changes in the precise embodiment of the invention hereindisclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention hasbeen shown.

In said drawings z-Figure 1 is a front elevation of a washing machinehaving the present improvements combined therewith, portions of thesupporting legs being broken away. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectionthrough one side portion of the tub and showing the locking means partlyin section and partly in elevation. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail View ofone of the side fastenings constitut-` ing one of the locking members.Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the other locking member.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designatesupwardly converging legs preferably formed of angle strips secured, attheir upper ends, to a substantially,

triangular block 2 having an integral boss 3 which is boredlongitudinally. Formed upon the upper end of the bloclr 2 are ears 1having a tongue 5 pivotally mounted therebetween, as shown at 6, thistongue being adapted to normally bear upon the top of the block 2 so asto thus extend in-l wardly at right angles to the sidesl of the tubhereinafter described.

Specicatonof Letters Patent. Application filed nedember 1s, 1912. serialNo. 737,524. Y

iPatel'lted J une?, 1914.

The bore .in the; boss 3 is adapted to receive a trunnion 7 extendingfrom a plate 8 which is elongated, as shown particularly in .Figs-1 and3 and has its ends forked,as shown at 9 and 10. The fork 9 is providedwith ribs 11 which converge toward the trunnion 7 so as to form alongitudinal channel 12. A short arm 13 extends radially from thatportion of the plate S carrying the trunnion 7 and this arm has alongitudinal channel 14. Said arm is preferably disposed at about 1G()degrees to the channel 12.

Plate 8 is attached to one side of a substantially Semi-Cylimirical tub15, the fastening means being extended through openings 16 in theterminals of the forks and also through openings 1T formed in the plateadjacent the trunnion T. A plate similar to the plate 8 may be employedfor supporting the far side of the tub 15, although it is to beunderstood that said plate constitutes no part of the present inventionand need not be provided with the arm 13 or the channel 12.

A cross brace 1S connects the legs 1. andhas outstanding terminalportions 19 to which are connected the lower ends of downwardlydiverging coiled springs 20, The upper ends of these springs areconnected to the lower ends of downwardly diver-ging arms 21 extendingfrom a collar 22 which is secured to the trunnion 7 by means of a setscrew 28 or the like. A socket member 211 extends upwardly from thecollar 22 and is adapted to receiife a handle It is to be understoodthat when the tongue 5 is extended outwardly from between the ears 4,the trunnion i' can be rotated back and forth by means of the handle 25,springs 20 thus being placed successively under stress. During thismovement of the socket member, trunnion 7 rotates within the boss 3 andthe tub 15 swings back and forth. Should it be desired to lock the tubagainst movement, as when a wringer is to be attached thereto, thetongue 5 is swung inwardly se that its inner end will become seatedwithin the channel 12. Should itbe desired to lock the tub in aninverted position so that it can drain readily and will shed rain andthe like which may be precipitated thereon, the tub is inverted so as tobring the channeled arm 13 opposite the tongue 5 whereupon said tongueis swung inwardly so as to become seated in the channel 14.

What is claimed is inginto one of the groot'es, said tongue hawThevcorn'bnation with@` supportingstruoixigv-itsb1foadfaces in planesperpendicular 15 ture, a tub mounted foroscilla'tion, "plate''tozit'x'is of movement" nd being shiftable having radial grooves andconnected-to-:tlle outojfj. 11ormal position to release the plate 5ltub, and a trunnion extending 4from the all portions of the plate beingdirectly above plate, ofl aA bloolsenredito the supporting the trunnion.Structure ndconstituting'a bea-rin foi-"the" `In"testimony that I claimthe'foregoin'g 20 trunnon, spaced ears Vextendingl -roln'th'eI "-a's`1nyowingfI-'have-fhereto affixed my signablock, there being an integralconnection bef ture in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

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